In 1947, the Belgian comics artist Peyo (real name Pierre Culliford) started writing the Johan strip about a medieval royal servant. The stories first appeared in Le Dernière Heure and then in Le Soir newspaper between 1950 and 1952. In September 1952, Johan moved to the comics magazine Le Journal de Spirou.Two years later a greedy dwarf joined Johan in his adventures and, to reflect this, the strip became known as Johan et Pirlouit (translated in English as Johan and Peewit). In the story published on 23rd October 1958, called La flûte à six trous ('The Six Hole Flute'), the two became allies with a group of small sky-blue creatures in Phrygian caps called Les Schtroumpfs, known in English as the Smurfs. The Smurfs proved so popular that they appeared in their own strip in the following year.
The Smurfs in Johan and PeewitThe Official Smurfs website is marking the fiftieth anniversary of the little blue creatures with a charity auction in aid of unicef. Have a Happy Smurfday!
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I had no idea the history these little things had. I watched them as a kid and now my kids watch them as well.
ReplyDeleteLove this one! I stop by everyday to see the fact...love learning new things, but this one just tickled me. I remember the Smurfs with fond memories.
ReplyDeletehey, its a new view point to know about Smurf, hahaha
ReplyDeletewowowow,, smurf history, some amazing another history
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